Luminar Appoints Alex Fishkin As Chief Legal Officer and Michael Southard As Vice President of Engineering

Dec 12, 2024•8 months ago

Position

Vice President of Engineering

Company

Luminar

Michael Southard

Description

Luminar announced the appointment of Alex Fishkin as Chief Legal Officer and Michael Southard as Vice President of Engineering. In addition, Marc Losiewicz has been named Chief Business Officer and General Manager.

Company Information

Company

Luminar

About

Luminar Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LAZR) is transforming automotive safety and autonomy by delivering the only lidar and associated software that meets the industry’s stringent performance, safety, and economic requirements. Luminar has rapidly gained over 50 industry partners, including a majority of the top global automotive OEMs. In 2020, Luminar signed the industry’s first production deal for autonomous consumer vehicles with Volvo Cars, which now expects to make Luminar’s technology part of the standard safety package on their next generation electric SUV. Additional customer wins include SAIC, Daimler Truck AG, Intel’s Mobileye, Pony.ai and Airbus UpNext. Founded in 2012, Luminar employs approximately 400 with offices in Palo Alto, Orlando, Colorado Springs, Detroit, and Munich. For more information, please visit www.luminartech.com.

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